all this is bbc news. the headlines: the bbc director—general, tim davie, has apologised for the disruption to the sports output — caused by a row about gary lineker, and the decision to suspend him from match of the day. the former footballer—turned—tv—presenter tweeted, criticising the government's new migration policy. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has spoken to the governor of the bank of england about silicon valley bank — which mostly financed tech start—ups. the bank is heading for insolvency, after the failure of its parent company in the united states. with less than 2a hours until the 2023 oscars ceremony, the final touches are being added to the venue for hollywood's biggest awards. the field of best picture contenders features many of last year's biggest

box—office hits, including elvis, and everything everywhere all at once. now on bbc news, our world: my escape from afghanistan. in august 2021, the taliban shocked the world as they swept to power in afghanistan. it wasn't long before they began to crack down on the rights of women. last year, i met with activist tamana paryani, who'd been involved in a protest in kabul. after daring to raise her voice, the taliban came in the middle of the night to arrest her. although she was later released, she went into hiding. at the time, it was too dangerous for us to broadcast her testimony.

now she has escaped and she's ready to tell her extraordinary story. kabul, june 2022. afghanistan is now the only country in the world where female education is forbidden. reports have been emerging of women standing up for their rights being forcibly disappeared. i wanted to meet tamana, who'd been arrested earlier in the yearforjoining a protest against the new taliban leaders.

tamana managed to film a video and upload it to facebookjust before being taken away. i wanted to see the apartment she'd been taken from and see if i could speak to any of the neighbours about what happened that night. shortly after they were arrested, a family member managed to get into the apartment and film the aftermath.

months on, the signs of forced entry were still visible on the door. tamana was taken, along with her four sisters, but the videos she had uploaded had started to go viral. there are growing concerns for women in afghanistan protesting against the curbing of their rights under the taliban. tamana paryani was taken from her apartment by armed men. world leaders were outraged. human rights organisations immediately condemned and demanded their release. i quizzed the taliban directly on my show about the case.

i managed to get a message through to tamana and she agreed to meet me in a safe house the next day. after she'd been released from prison, she went into hiding with herfamily, fearing the taliban would be back again. there was a suspicion that the house was being watched. 25—year—old tamana had come to the attention of the authorities for organising a string of protests demanding women's rights in kabul. injanuary 2022, she had organised a march to raise questions about the disappearance of a female prison officer, alia azizi.

tamana and her four sisters covered a traditional afghan burqa in streaks of fake blood. three days later, the taliban came to their apartment.

during their time in prison, 18—year—old karishma told of repeated abuse by the taliban guards.

during the three weeks they were being held, their mother tried to track them down. eventually, the taliban released the four women in february 2022, but not without a final warning. they were banned from leaving the country and had their passports taken away.

they were also threatened that if they spoke with the media, theirfather and brother would be arrested. in total, there were 32 women arrested in a series of raids on female activists in january across the country. since then, tamana has moved from house to house, relying on the good will of others to keep her hidden.

tamana wore a full niqab to stay hidden when changing location.

the car in front is what tamana is using to get to the next location. we're going through multiple taliban checkpoints and i can imagine it's quite nerve—racking for her. the safe house was on the other side of town. the owner did not want to be identified for his safety, but agreed to speak with me. we've just arrived here with tamanna. she's crossed kabul to get here to safety. just tell me why you've allowed her to come here. when the taliban came to power, and knowing what you know

about her steeliness, her determination, were you worried? tamana's experience is like so many other female activists in the country. so many of them have been driven out, pushed out of the public eye. they now feel trapped inside their homes in this very suffocating environment. and it's unclear what their future will be. there seems to be like a pattern emerging — women coming out demanding their rights, the taliban intimidating and detaining some of them, and then the women being too afraid to come out and speak up again. and this is exactly what's happened to tamana.

it was time for me to leave kabul. tamana and herfamily were starting to see there was no future for them in afghanistan. months later, i received a message from her. she and her sisters were on the move to the eastern border with pakistan. they filmed themselves dressing in local clothes to blend in.

tamana had paid a network of smugglers to get her family out of the country. they split into two groups, with her parents and younger siblings going on their own, and tamana with three of her sisters. the four women were detained by the taliban when trying to cross the border in eastern afghanistan, the guards telling them that if they

were to try this again, worse things would happen. they were sent back to kabul. tamana and her entire family made it across the border to pakistan.

butjust as i was finalising my plans to meet them there... they're on a plane to germany. i travelled to meet them in germany, where they were living in temporary accommodation just outside of cologne. i arrived just in time for lunch. they're just complaining about the food —

when they first arrived, there were a lot of sausages, they wanted hot afghan food. tamana's friend nadia joined us. she'd been instrumental in getting the family to europe.

the foreign office agreed to transfer tamana's family to germany. they're now waiting for their asylum application to be processed. tamana and zarmina took me for a walk around their new village.

the family had been in germany forjust over a week and were starting to process the challenges they now faced.

nadia wanted to take the sisters into cologne to visit the city centre.

like her sister, tamana has no plans to step back from her activism. since we filmed with tamanna, she and her sisters have staged protests in amsterdam against the taliban rule. they have vowed to continue.

hello there. the remaining snow will be melting on sunday as we get to much milder air. but more snow over the week ahead, and the weather front has been bringing snow to northern england and scotland. should be out of the way by sunday morning. following that, we see the milderair coming in, as the winds change direction to more of a south—westerly. still some cold air to start the day in the far north and in scotland. but otherwise, temperatures, 5—8 degrees as we start the second half of the weekend. with that milder air, there could be a lot of cloud, but we should see sunshine

here and there, especially across eastern england. we could see more rain back in scotland and northern ireland, and later in the day, some rain into south—west england and wales, as those south—westerly winds pick up. it's still chilly in the far north of scotland, but otherwise, temperatures generally in double figures, likely to make 14 in the south—east of england. with the milder air coming in, we see the snow melting, turning misty and murky in the hills, continued melting overnight, as we have rain falling in many areas. but it will turn colder in scotland. the rain turning to snow, especially in the hills. the winds pick up in the north—west bringing in the colder air, rain clearing from northern ireland, continues in northern england, wales and to the south, where we have the sunshine and some showers, but it will be windy pretty much everywhere. winds could be touching gale force in southern england and wales, and we could have some gales later in the north—west of scotland, which will make it feel colder. temperatures dropping

through the day in scotland and northern ireland, but still double figures across england and wales for one more day. 0vernight, the rain sweeps south—eastwards across the uk and the wind direction changes, and we all get this north—westerly wind piling in on tuesday, making it feel much colder, bringing with it a mixture of sunshine, but also quite a few wintry showers, sleet and snow sweeping across scotland, northern ireland, into england and wales through the day. temperatures in the south could reach 6—7 degrees. northern scotland struggling, with 2—3. windy, with the strongest winds on the north sea coast. when you factor in the strength of the wind, the temperatures will feel more like freezing.

this is bbc news, i'm rich preston. our top stories. the bbc�*s director general, tim davie, says he won't resign but apologises for widespread disruption to the corporation's sports output, after presenters and pundits walk out in support of the match of the day host gary lineker. success for me is gary gets back on air, and together, we are giving to the audiences that world—class sports coverage, which as i say, i'm sorry we haven't been able to deliver today. the british chancellor meets the governor of the bank of england, to discuss the collapse of silicon valley bank, which mostly financed tech start—ups. tackling tourette�*s — a leading british charity hails a life—changing device that controls the syndrome�*s symptoms.

and we'll catch up with lesley paterson —